diff --git a/lib/RT/User.pm b/lib/RT/User.pm
index 4a881003bca..b62b3f9da9f 100644
--- a/lib/RT/User.pm
+++ b/lib/RT/User.pm
@@ -1561,20 +1561,24 @@ sub HasGroupRight {
     return ($retval);
 }
 
-=head2 OwnGroups
+=head2 OwnGroups Recursively => 1|0
 
 Returns a group collection object containing the groups of which this
-user is a member.
+user is a member, recursively by default.
 
 =cut
 
 sub OwnGroups {
     my $self = shift;
+    my %args = (
+        Recursively => 1,
+        @_,
+    );
     my $groups = RT::Groups->new($self->CurrentUser);
     $groups->LimitToUserDefinedGroups;
     $groups->WithMember(
         PrincipalId => $self->Id,
-        Recursively => 1
+        Recursively => $args{'Recursively'},
     );
     return $groups;
 }
diff --git a/share/html/SelfService/Elements/MyGroupRequests b/share/html/SelfService/Elements/MyGroupRequests
index 96d730a7834..68ad9519c92 100644
--- a/share/html/SelfService/Elements/MyGroupRequests
+++ b/share/html/SelfService/Elements/MyGroupRequests
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ unless ( $ret ){
     RT::Logger->error("Unable to load user record for user: " . $session{'CurrentUser'}->Name . " :$msg");
     return;
 }
-my $groups_obj = $user->OwnGroups;
+my $groups_obj = $user->OwnGroups( Recursively => 0 );
 
 my $Query = '';